... patches that cover around 16 percent of the lunar surface. These patches are large basaltic plains known as maria, and they are similar in composition to the rocks found in Hawaii, however the lunar basalts contain significantly...
...developed and promoted by the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) - blasted off from the Malbusca site on Santa Maria Island, reaching a top speed of 400 m/s and soaring to an altitude of 5,596 metres. Though modest in comparison to larger commercial...
...around 2025. The ability of in situ manufacturing of infrastructure elements increases the sustainability of a future lunar settlement Maria Antonietta Perino, has been working for many years at Thales Alenia Space on the design of different building...
..., Sapphire. Peter has a MSc in Space Studies from the School of Aerospace Studies at the University of North Dakota. Maria Rey is the Vice President and Chief Science Officer at SSCL. She retired after 30 years with the...
...of years. The mean thickness of the regolith covering the whole lunar surface varies from 4-5 m in the lunar maria to 10-15 m in the highlands. Lunar soil refers to only the finer fraction of regolith, which is composed of grains 1x10-2 m in diameter...
...ClearSpace-1 mission. Portugal panel presentation at IAC 2022 in Paris. The fourth challenge we identified is called the ‘Santa Maria Space Ecosystem’ and involves the establishment of a complete space innovation hub. The mid-Atlantic island of Santa...